Hi Gerard, gerard robin schrieb am 19.12.2007 15:51: > On mer 19 décembre 2007, Maik Justus wrote: > >> Hi Gerard, >> >> gerard robin schrieb am 19.12.2007 14:44: >> >>> Here Osprey with rotors all folded up, on elevator >>> >>> http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/Osprey_on_carrier.jpg >>> >>> I only got huge difficulties because, when the elevator get down ( mid >>> position) the blades suddenly fall down ??? >>> >> The problem is: The fdm itself does not support folding of the blades. >> For the fdm the rotor is unfolded and vertical. When the elevator gets >> down, the fdm detects a crash (rotor vs. ship). >> >> >>> Regards >>> >> Maik >> >> > Oh, yes i forgot that "feature" (sorry, i am more aware with JSBsim, where > i > can give any specific contact point, though no perfect). > > Thanks > > But it can be fixed quite easily: The fdm allows to tilt the whole rotor. I just need to add tilting of the rotor in a vertical position along the fuselage. Then the contact points are within and above the fuselage. As I added the blade/ wing fold I was not thinking about the elevators. I thought, the remaining contact points would never hurt.
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